January

2025

Happy New Year County Line! 2025

Dear County Line Community,

Happy New Year! As we step into 2025, this is a wonderful time to refocus, set new goals, and continue working together to ensure success for every student at County Line. Whether through academic achievements, personal growth, or shared experiences, we’re committed to making this year our best yet.

In January, students in grades K-5th will undergo testing, including MAP ELA (English Language Arts) and MAP Math. Students will also be assessed with aimswebPlus, an early literacy screener. These assessments are a tool we use to support students learning and growth. We use these district/state wide assessment as well as our progress monitor data, classroom data, and teacher anecdotal notes. We are excited to use this information to celebrate progress and guide our next steps in helping every student thrive.

Thank you for being a vital part of our Comet family. Let’s make 2025 a year full of learning, connection, and celebration!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Schultz

Principal, County Line Elementary

Dismissal Plans

To ensure a smooth and safe dismissal process, we kindly ask that you communicate your child’s dismissal plans for the week to their teacher, especially if the plans vary from day to day.

This will help us ensure that all students are sent to the correct location at the end of the school day. Please provide this information at the start of the week or as soon as possible to avoid any confusion.

Thank you for your cooperation and for helping us prioritize your child’s safety.

Attendance Reminder

All attendance updates can be sent to: cloffice@gsdwi.org, the preferred method of contact to report an absence is by emailing attendance before 8:20, including the teacher and any relevant details.

Four and Five Year Old Kindergarten Registration

Kindergarten registration for the 2025–26 school year begins with online registration starting Thursday, January 2, 2025. Families who already have a Skyward Family Access account will be able to begin the process from Skyward Family Access. If your family is new to our district, click here to begin the online enrollment process. Throughout the online enrollment process, you will be asked to complete the 4K or 5K Parent/Guardian Survey asking readiness skills of your incoming student(s); please make sure to complete this.

New students entering four year old kindergarten in the 2025–26 school year must be four (4) years of age on or before September 1, 2025. New students entering five-year-old kindergarten in the 2025–26 school year must be five (5) years of age on or before September 1, 2025. State law requires children to attend kindergarten prior to first grade.

Parents/guardians of children who reach their fifth birthday after September 1 but before October 15 may apply for early entrance to five year old kindergarten.

4K Parent Night: Incoming 4K families, please SAVE THE DATE! Our 4K Information Night will be held on January 28th from 5:30-6:30 in the County Line Cafe. Please help spread the word and share this date with any new families that are looking into attending 4K next year.

Shout-Outs for Staff

Click below to share a staff shout out! Mrs. Schultz will surprise the teachers once a month, and share their shout-out certificate from you!

Staff Shout-Outs

Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Award Programs

Teacher of the Year, The Herb Kohl Educational Foundation funds the Teacher Fellowship and Principal Leadership Awards. The purpose of the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Award Program is to recognize outstanding teachers and support them in continuing to pursue academic excellence. DPI, the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators (AWSA) and the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation co-administer these programs. Teacher Fellowship – Fellowships in the amount of $6,000 are awarded each year to 100 Wisconsin teachers. Each fellow’s school also receives a $6,000 grant. Educators are chosen for their superior ability to inspire a love of learning in their students, ability to motivate others and for their leadership and service within and outside the classroom. This is a competitive scholarship.

Our Germantown School Year Calendar can be found here.

The 25-26 Calendar is now visible here!

The Raising Wisconsin’s Children Conference is a free, online learning event for parents, teachers, and caregivers of children providing supportive, practical parenting and child development information. Join us in 2025 to unlock the power of social and emotional skills in children and teens!

Comet Code: January Home Connection

Congradulations to our January Comet Superheros! This months superheros are:

5KB McKenzie Jaeckels, 5KM Colton Decker, 5KO Brinn Schonenberg, 1B Ethan Swan, 1E Josie Gudex, 1S Izzy Hansen, 1W Brady Werry, 2F Greyson Cummings, 2K Lincoln Frank, 2KO Khelani Beamon, 3D Nolan Zeitler, 3Ka Alex Her, 3K Alex McIntosh, 3L Teagan Hunn, 4D Beckett Diesslin, 4N Colton Reeves, 4W Etta Roeder, 5B Henry Blanchard, 5N Pierre Sardina, 5S Liam Mayberry

We can't wait to celebrate your hard work on January 8th!

January's Character Focus:

Here is the activity that you can do with your child this month:

Perseverance Video

Talk to your child about these questions:

What was the challenge the character or person faced?
How did they keep trying, even when it was hard?
Have you ever had a time when you kept going, even though it was tough? What happened?
Why do you think it's important to not give up?
How can we practice perseverance in our everyday lives?

This is a great worksheet to goal set with your child:

January Comet Crew Home Connection

Save the Dates: County Line Concerts

March 20, 2025

3rd Grade at 6:30 pm, CL Cafetorium

April 24, 2025

5th Grade at 6:30 pm, CL Cafetorium

May 15, 2025

1st Grade at 6:00 pm, CL Cafetorium
4th Grade at 7:00 pm, CL Cafetorium

Brrr! It's Cold Outside!

Recess: The cold weather has arrived so we are asking that you send your child to school wearing warm outdoor clothing. Please make sure your child has a warm coat, hat, and mittens, snow pants, and boots. Once there is snow on the ground, students will also be required to wear boots and snow pants outside to play in the snow. Please be sure to label your child's belongings.

Join Team County Line:

Click below to view vacancies at County Line Elementary School. We would love to add to our amazing Comet team. Please pass this along if you know of anyone interested too!

Staff Vancancies at County Line

Click below to join as a Teachers on Call substitute!

See an item that belongs to your child? Have them stop by the lost and found to claim. Our lost and found is located by our library.

It's always important to label your mittens, hats, gloves, etc. in case they become lost.

Our January PTA meeting will be held in the library at County Line at 6:30PM. All are welcome to come, please consider coming to this month's meeting.

Please note, the back doors (off of Colonial Drive) will be open for your attendance.

January